Sophie Fitzpatrick Day (born 2 September 1998) is an Australian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who plays for Victoria in the

Women's National Cricket League The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national domestic 50-over competition for women's cricket in Australia. Featuring seven teams—one from every state, plus the Australian Capital Territory—each season's winner is awarded the ...

(WNCL) and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). An

all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...

, she is a left-handed

batter Batter or batters may refer to: Common meanings * Batter (cooking), thin dough that can be easily poured into a pan * Batter (baseball), person whose turn it is to face the pitcher * Batter (cricket), a player who is currently batting * Batter ...

and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She also played

county cricket Inter-county cricket matches are known to have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales. Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship ...

for

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

in 2019. Off the field, Day is a professional artisthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/67718359 who has studied Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts, the arts school of the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

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Sophie Day
at Cricket Australia {{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Sophie 1998 births Living people Australian women cricketers Berkshire women cricketers Melbourne Stars (WBBL) cricketers Victoria women cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Cricketers from Melbourne People from Greensborough, Victoria Sportswomen from Victoria (state) 21st-century Australian women artists Victorian College of the Arts alumni Australian expatriate cricketers in the United Kingdom Australian expatriate cricketers in England